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for families in wisconsin -- be it a traditional, a charter, a voucher, a virtual, or a home school environment. moving forward, we want to continue to dramatically improve existing schools and give parents the opportunity to choose legitimate alternatives to failing schools. education, we must continue to reform government. take the waste, fraud, and abuse commission, for example. so far, they have identified nearly $456 million worth of savings. our reforms allow state government to focus on efficiency, so taxpayers get great service without needless spending and waste. our reforms also gave schools and local governments flexibility to make management choices to improve their communities, while saving money. for example, our technical schools are saving millions of dollars by making simple, common sense changes to instructor schedules and overtime policies. in racine county, they are saving money with a program that allows non-violent jail inmates to do maintenance work, like mowing grass and shoveling snow. and much of the work being done to save taxpayers money is about finding creative sol
for families in wisconsin -- be it a traditional, a charter, a voucher, a virtual, or a home school environment. moving forward, we want to continue to dramatically improve existing schools and give parents the opportunity to choose legitimate alternatives to failing schools. education, we must continue to reform government. take the waste, fraud, and abuse commission, for example. so far, they have identified nearly $456 million worth of savings. our reforms allow state government to focus on...
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number of work force reports with the baby boomer generation retiring the and with a new health-care environment that physicians and the solutions aside from everything else, a number of areas of the medically served appropriately. there are specialties getting to the right hospitals. there are a number of issues. it is also hard to go into a looser sheffield of that is your desire. to miss several years to pay my way because of the restrictions. we have always advocated when you go through the immigration pathways, especially the skilled immigration pathways, there should be a great deal of portability a market-based -- people gravitate to where the demands are. these girls are appropriately needed and where they can function best. we have had the privilege of working with the office in the past -- i am a graduate. the are looking for authorization. there are looking for physicians who go to underserved areas and i have to stand the backlog of the end of service at the upgrade ideas it to be a part. >> to talk about agriculture. we are talking about seasonal workers. i know my colleagues brough
number of work force reports with the baby boomer generation retiring the and with a new health-care environment that physicians and the solutions aside from everything else, a number of areas of the medically served appropriately. there are specialties getting to the right hospitals. there are a number of issues. it is also hard to go into a looser sheffield of that is your desire. to miss several years to pay my way because of the restrictions. we have always advocated when you go through the...
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clear from a number of reports that with the baby boom generation retiring and with a new health-care environment, there is a shortage of health care workers at various levels. in a number of areas that are not medically served appropriately. certain specialties issues that are [indiscernible] there are a number of issues. it is hard when you come from eight [indiscernible] when you come in like i did. going to research field and it took several years to get to that because of the restrictions that are placed. we always advocated that when you go through the immigration pathways especially the field immigration pathways there should be market-based characteristics of that people gravitate, people with skills gravitate to where the demands are and where their skills are really needed. health care is no exception. i have had the privilege of working with senator conrad's office in the past of which i am a graduate. and they're looking for physicians who served under serb areas. -- underserved areas. >> we talk about agriculture, you are talking seasonal workers. in the example that my colleague fro
clear from a number of reports that with the baby boom generation retiring and with a new health-care environment, there is a shortage of health care workers at various levels. in a number of areas that are not medically served appropriately. certain specialties issues that are [indiscernible] there are a number of issues. it is hard when you come from eight [indiscernible] when you come in like i did. going to research field and it took several years to get to that because of the restrictions...
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even the environment looks different. even more important than that, it is really that moderate seat held by democrats do not belong to democrats any more. do belong to very conservative republicans. seats that were held by moderate republicans are now held by democrats. that makes the democrats all that much -- that makes the dynamic all that more problematic. if you are a gun owner that it's a certain democratic profile, that makes it more likely that you are actually eight republicans. host: host: you wrote about this. ece. is amy's pi guest: we still have to do it immigration reform. host: biscuit the viewer is involved -- let's get the viewers involved. caller: we should be able to vote on our own gun control and immigration policies. host: what do you mean by that? caller: you can vote whether you want immigration control, yes or no. enforce our laws we already have. the american people can vote. the details can be worked out by congress. host: do you think the electorate moves forward on these issues by voting for
even the environment looks different. even more important than that, it is really that moderate seat held by democrats do not belong to democrats any more. do belong to very conservative republicans. seats that were held by moderate republicans are now held by democrats. that makes the democrats all that much -- that makes the dynamic all that more problematic. if you are a gun owner that it's a certain democratic profile, that makes it more likely that you are actually eight republicans. host:...
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done right this can be a virtuous cycle, it saves tax dollars, improves the environment, reduces the damage from flooding, and all the attendant costs. it's a class eck example of what the federal government should learn from 200 years of experience trying to engineer the mississippi river and instead allowing some cases nature to take its course and avoid more expensive and worse damage. and this is what we need to do across the federal government. we don't have to spend twice as much money on health care as most of the developed countries for outcomes that are mediocre at best. we don't have to spend more money on defense than 12 or 13 of the remaining largest defense budgets, and on weapons that in many cases like our nuclear arsenal, but we have far more than we need and can ever use and can afford. we can pare that down, save tens of millions of dollars and still be the most powerful nation in the world. for the outrageous crop insurance that encourages reckless and expensive behavior by paying farmers to plant crops on land that never should have been cultivated in the first pl
done right this can be a virtuous cycle, it saves tax dollars, improves the environment, reduces the damage from flooding, and all the attendant costs. it's a class eck example of what the federal government should learn from 200 years of experience trying to engineer the mississippi river and instead allowing some cases nature to take its course and avoid more expensive and worse damage. and this is what we need to do across the federal government. we don't have to spend twice as much money on...
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the values with which she pursued her passion for a clean environment, for sustainable environment were ones vermonters know well. she was relentless, she was tenacious, she was tireless and she was kind. and she was very effective. as joan's friends have noted, she would have been uncomfortable with all the tributes that have been paid to her but she'll have to give us a pass on this one because she certainly lived a life worthy of praise and honor. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. for what purpose does the gentlelady from missouri seek recognition? without objection, the gentlelady from missouri is recognized for one minute. >> mr. speaker, every day hardworking families and small business owners from the second district of missouri create budgets, set priorities and live within their means. yet president obama and the senate democrats keep writing blank checks on the backs of our children and our grandchildren. yesterday marks the fourth time in the last five years that president obama has missed his deadline to submit a budget
the values with which she pursued her passion for a clean environment, for sustainable environment were ones vermonters know well. she was relentless, she was tenacious, she was tireless and she was kind. and she was very effective. as joan's friends have noted, she would have been uncomfortable with all the tributes that have been paid to her but she'll have to give us a pass on this one because she certainly lived a life worthy of praise and honor. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the...
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in a digital environment. they are interesting -- they are interested in supporting brands. i think they are interested and still willing to pay for experience. experiences are different than access. to be a little bit more precise about this, the old model used to be you give us $35 and we give you 20 issues of print. for a very long time, until the web and all the business models were disrupted. now, our model is you give us $35 and you get print but you also get our experiential products. it did -- the digital colom is all the things i was talking about before. unlimited access, commenting, several things in that list. you get access to subscriber- only events, which we are doing at least once a month in major cities and some secondary markets, ann arbor, austin, places where there are a lot of people interested in the type of journalism we do. whether or not that will be enough is an open question pri is certainly part of the trend where journalists are not just researching and writing. they are researching, writing, promoting, engaging in dialogue, and being important p
in a digital environment. they are interesting -- they are interested in supporting brands. i think they are interested and still willing to pay for experience. experiences are different than access. to be a little bit more precise about this, the old model used to be you give us $35 and we give you 20 issues of print. for a very long time, until the web and all the business models were disrupted. now, our model is you give us $35 and you get print but you also get our experiential products. it...